Arizona's Nick Johnson drives to the basket on Belmont's Ian Clark during second half of an NCAA Tournament game in Salt Lake City last week. Arizona defeated Belmont 81-64.

Written by

Bruce Pascoe
Arizona Daily Star

Just two miles from the Staples Center, where they will appear tonight against Ohio State, the Wildcats suffered arguably their worst loss of their season, 89-78, at USC on Feb. 27.

Then, thanks to the Pac-12's more spread-out scheduling, the Wildcats had an extra day to sit around and think about it before facing UCLA on March 2. They could think about how the Trojans shot 61.1 percent from the field, think about what was wrong with their defense and think about how their season was slipping away after a 14-0 start. ...